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Thirty-four years ago today, ten students died in an early morning fire in Aquinas Hall at Providence College. The following is a post I wrote several years ago. The original post along with the comments it received, is located here: Early in the morning of December 13, 1977, a fire…
Read More »I thought of Lowell and the power of “place” to speak to us through sights that are beautiful, stirring, wondrous, or calming when I read NYTimes writer Frank Bruni’s essay this morning—about visiting past homes and the importance of seeing what’s in front of us. Read his Op-Ed piece here,…
Read More »Here is a unique view of Lowell’s LeLacheur Park in November provided by LowellSpinnersBoy
Read More »On Op-Ed in today’s New York Times by Helen Ladd, a professor of public policy and economics at Duke, and Edward Fiske, a former education editor of The New York Times, tackles the issue of the lagging performance of urban schools in America today. Entitled “Class matters. Why won’t we…
Read More »The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that Massachusetts State Representative Tom Conroy is withdrawing his candidacy from the race for the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senate. A press conference is scheduled for later today. And then they’ll be four! According to the report Rep Conroy: … is ending his…
Read More »Below is a video produced by CopleyMedia , once again providing an interesting glimpse of Lowell. With the construction of a replacement bridge in progress, the historic Textile Memorial Bridge is slated to be demolished for salvage metal. The bridge was named in honor of 16 veteran’s who attended Lowell…
Read More »While in Washington this past summer, I finally made it to the National Postal Museum (pictured above and below) which is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is located right next to Union Station in what was once the city’s main postal building. Although small, the museum was inspirational, showing…
Read More »This one is for all the people going back to work tomorrow via the highway. “Commute” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »It seems that every year there is a struggle to avoid draconian cuts in the federal home heating fuel assistance appropriation so vital to low-income residents of the Northeast and elsewhere. Again this year – thousands of poor people across the Northeast are facing a difficult winter with substantially less home heating aid coming from…
Read More »These young women have drawn attention for their creative campaigning for their dad, including their spoof of the Herman (Who?) Cain man-smoking-a-cigarette political ad. After Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet with Tex Perry at last night’s debate and Newt’s splurging surge, maybe Jon Huntsman will finally get his 15 minutes in the GOP…
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